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Ever have the joy of going on an adventure that beats all of your expectations? That’s exactly what Centro de Trenes did for us.
I’m a big fan of going someplace from a vague recommendation that sounds like a fun adventure. There’s a restaurant at the end of a dirt road which itself is at the end of a long road that goes nowhere? Count me in!
Continue reading “Best Day Trip from La Paz, Mexico”
We arrived in La Ventana excited, but a little nervous, for our kiteboarding lessons.
The program is well set up to get you kiting (ish) in 3 days. First day, you learn about rigging and safety systems, fly a trainer kite on the beach, fly a slightly larger kite on the beach, then do a tandem body drag (where you fly the kite which drags you and the instructor through the water). Second day is a little like controlled drowning, the instructor follows you on a standup paddleboard talking to you through a radio in your helmet, while you do more body dragging, kite control work, and learn how to manage the board and try to put all the skills together to get yourself stood onto the board. On the third day you put it all together and make progress on standing and hopefully have a few longer rides…or so I’m told.
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I have always wanted to know another language. When I travel, I want to ask people about their lives, their jobs, their families. I’d like to be able to have a better conversation than “Need. Beer. Please”. While I took many years of French in high school and college, it keeps seeming that the language I need to use the most is Spanish. So, for the last few years I’ve been learning Spanish—mostly on my own, mostly using workbooks.
Continue reading “Getting Schooled. Spanish Schooled.”We stayed in Puerto Iguazu on the Argentina side for our hotel. Since the rest of our trip was within Argentina, the flights and logistics were just easiest to stay in Argentina—and the exchange rate didn’t hurt with that decision either!
We were there for only about 1 ½ usable days—and I wish we had had two full days. We spent our ½ day on the Argentina side, and the full day on the Brazil side. I chose this because I didn’t want to waste any of the ½ day going through the border, but did have some doubts at the time because so many say that there’s more to do at the Argentina side.
Continue reading “Visiting Iguazu Falls: Brazil & Argentina”Well, without even trying I’ve taken the first step to living a nomadic life. On Friday, my boss set up a call with me—and as soon as an HR person joined the call I knew…I was being laid off.
Being in the tech industry for over 20 years, it’s pretty commonplace so I was very prepared for it. More than anything, the weirdest piece was being told it was “effective immediately”. No hand over, no nothing. The next few hours were filled with calls and text from other coworkers who had also been impacted.
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